Section 2
From the Restoration to Glorious Revolution
Review:
•What is your thesis statement?
•Remember that the essay is only on the
chart!
•What happened during the English Civil
War?
•Who fought who?
•Who is Oliver Cromwell?
•What was Rump Parliament?
•Commonwealth (republic)
•Tried to create a constitution
•Second try created the Protectorate
•Unpopular
•Failed when Cromwell’s son
lost control of the army
Next Step Restoration (Section 2)
 What was the Restoration and what did Charles II do
differently from his father?
 Restoring the English Monarchy
 Charles II avoided fights with Parliament when his policies met
with opposition
 Met opposition with two areas:
 Trying to make an alliance with France to compete with the Dutch
overseas
 Trying to increase religious toleration of Catholics
Charles II Dies
- James II comes to power
 Worst possible replacement for Parliament
 James II is Catholic
 James II believed in Absolutism
 Not as flexible with Parliament in comparison with Charles II
 BIG QUESTION:
 Who would succeed James II? Another Catholic?
Political Parties Debate the Question
 TORIES
 Tory means outlaw
 Supported the Anglican Church
 Wanted a monarchy, even if it is a catholic replacement
 Whigs
 Meant horse thief
 Wanted to deny the throne to James II’s son
 Wanted a strong Parliament
Solution for Parliament
 Parliament looks to James II’s daughter Mary (Protestant)
 Her husband William of Orange was Dutch
 With Parliament’s permission, he lead the Dutch army to
overthrow James II
 James II fled to France
 Glorious Revolution- bloodless transfer of power
Huge debate that transpired during
this time period
 Think about tonight…
 What do you think people are like in the State of Nature?
 If you take away government and law, what would people be
like?
 Think about huge crowds in public places.
Word of the Day: Social Contract
Give Up
Get
Obligations
Government
(NY Yankees)
Citizens
(Derek Jeter)
SOCIAL CONTRACT- an agreement by
which people gave up their freedom to a
powerful government in order to avoid chaos
Leviathan- Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
 Wrote the Leviathan
 Written as a reaction to what he saw during the English Civil
War
 Biblical Story about a sea monster
 People were naturally cruel, greedy, selfish
 If not controlled, they would fight, rob, etc.
 To escape chaos- they enter into a social contract- people
exchange individual liberty for group safety and social order
 Best Government was Absolute Monarchy
“Dangers of Anarchy are far worse than the dangers of
Tyranny”
John Locke
 Wrote Two Treaties of Government
 Argued that people were essentially good
 Best government was limited and accepted by all
 Rejected absolute monarchy
 STILL BELIEVED IN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
 Gov has a responsibility to the people it governs
RADICAL IDEA
 If a government fails its obligations to the people it governs,
then the people have the right to overthrow it!!
SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS!!